Khrushchev’s off-again-on-again approach to the problem of Berlin expresses the fact that for Moscow, Berlin is more an instrument than a goal. True enough, the Russians would like to plug the Berlin leak by removing the Western presence which keeps it open. But that is not too important one way or the other. Primarily, Berlin has value as a handy lever by which to exert a multiplied pressure on the West.
To see what Moscow is currently trying to accomplish in western Europe, let us review the stages of her European policy since 1944.
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